Effects of different grassland restoration approaches on soil properties in the southeastern Horqin sandy land, northern China

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-39

  Yuan, Jiyou ^a,b   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^a   Zheng, Hua ^a   Xu, Weihua ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Grassland; Restoration; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; ULMUS; ULMUS PUMILA;

EID: 84864042640     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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